Judge
Kimba Wood ruled that record companies "have suffered –
and will continue to suffer – irreparable harm from LimeWire's
inducement of widespread infringement of their works".

The
Lime Company put up a legal notice on the Limewire site that states:

This
is an official notice that LimeWire is under a court-ordered
injunction to stop distributing and supporting its
file-sharing software. Downloading or sharing copyrighted content
without authorization is illegal.

In
a press release issued
by the Lime Company, Limewire's CEO George Searle said, "Naturally,
we’re disappointed with this turn of events. We are extremely proud
of our pioneering history and have, for years, worked hard to bridge
the gap between technology and content rights holders. However, at
this time, we have no option but to cease further distribution and
support of our software."

Lime
Group spokeswoman Tiffany Guarnaccia maintained that the
company will not go out of business. Limewire will continue to
operate its online store and the company has made plans to launch a
subscription based music service on the site.

"So, I think the same thing of the music industry. They can't say that they're losing money, you know what I'm saying. They just probably don't have the same surplus that they had." -- Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA